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Elections in Poland

For full details of the electoral system and results of all post-Communist elections see Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009)

For European Parliament election results, go to http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/Poland_en.html


PRESIDENTIAL VOTE: 9 & 23 OCTOBER 2005

 

 

1st round

%

2nd round

%

Electorate

 

30,260,027

 

30,279,209

 

Valid Votes

 

14,946,689

49.4

15,279,787

50.5

Invalid Votes

 

99,661

0.3

155,233

0.5

Total Votes

 

15,046,350

49.7

15,435,020

51.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Tusk: PO

5,429,666

36.3

7,022,319

46.0

Lech Kaczynski: PiS

4,947,927

33.1

8,257,468

54.0

Andrzej Lepper: Samoobrona

2,259,094

15.1

-

-

Marek Borowski: SDPL

1,544,642

10.3

-

-

JaroslawKalinowski: PSL

269,316

1.8

-

-

Janusz Korwin-Mikke: UPR

214,116

1.4

-

-

Henryka Bochniarz

188,598

1.3

-

-

Liwiusz Ilasz

31,691

0.2

-

-

Stanislaw Tyminski

23,545

0.2

-

-

Leszek Bubel

18,828

0.1

-

-

Jan Pyszko

10,371

0.1

-

-

Adam Slomka

8,895

0.1

-

-

Source: National Electoral Commission, 2005. Election 2005. http://www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl/PZT1/EN/WYN/W/index.htm, accessed 13 June 2006 .

 

POLAND - Percentage of Votes in Elections to the Sejm

 

 

 

 

  

    

27 October 1991

19 September 1993

21 September 1997

23 September 2001

25 September 2005

21 October 2007

 

Valid Votes

40.8

49.8

46.1

44.3

39.1

52.7

 

Invalid Votes

2.4

2.2

1.9

1.8

1.4

1.1

 

Total Votes

43.2

52.1

47.9

46.2

40.5

53.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Democratic Union

12.3

10.6

-

-

-

-

2

Democratic Left: SLD

12.0

20.4

27.1

-

11.3

-

28

Democratic Left Alliance : SLD+UP

-

-

-

41.0

-

-

35

Left and Democrats: SLD+UP+SDPL+PD

-

-

-

-

-

13.2

12

Union of Labour: UP

2.1

7.3

4.7

-

-

-

22

Democratic Party: PD

-

-

13.4

3.1

2.5

-

32

Social Democracy of Poland : SDPL+UP

-

-

-

-

3.9

-

3

Christian National Union

8.7

6.4

-

-

-

-

9

Solidarity

5.1

4.9

-

-

-

-

24

Solidarity Electoral Action

-

-

33.8

5.6

-

-

4

Centre Alliance

8.7

4.4

-

-

-

-

6

Confederation Independent Poland

7.5

5.8

-

-

-

-

11

Christian Democracy

2.4

-

-

-

-

-

19

Non-Party Reform Bloc BBWR

-

5.4

-

-

-

-

21

Movement for the Republic

-

2.7

-

-

-

-

5

Polish Peasant Party

8.7

15.4

7.3

9.0

7.0

8.9

7

Liberal-Democratic Congress

7.5

4.0

-

-

-

-

8

Peasant Alliance

5.5

2.4

-

-

-

-

10

Polish Beer-Lovers' Party

3.3

0.1

-

-

-

-

13

German Minority

1.2

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.2

14

Realpolitik Union

2.3

3.2

2.0

-

-

-

15

Democratic Party: SD

1.4

-

-

-

-

-

16

Christian Democratic Party

1.1

-

-

-

-

-

17

Party X

0.5

2.7

-

-

-

-

18

Movement for Autonomy of Silesia

0.4

0.2

-

-

-

-

20

Self-Defence

-

2.8

0.1

10.2

11.4

1.5

23

Move't Reconstruction of Poland

-

-

5.6

-

-

-

25

National Pensioners' Party

-

-

2.2

-

-

-

26

National Alliance of Pensioners

-

-

1.6

-

-

-

27

Bloc for Poland

-

-

1.4

-

-

-

29

Citizens' Platform

-

-

-

12.7

24.1

41.5

30

Law and Justice

-

-

-

9.5

27.0

32.1

31

League of Polish Families

-

-

-

7.9

8.0

1.3

33

Platform of Janusz Korwin-Mikke

-

-

-

-

1.6

-

34

Patriotic Movement

-

-

-

-

1.1

-

 

Others

9.6

1.0

0.4

0.7

2.0

1.3

Source of 2005-7 results: National Electoral Comission, 2007. Election 2005. http://www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl/SJM/EN/WYN/W/index.htm, accessed 13 June 2006; Election 2007. http://wybory2007.pkw.gov.pl/SJM/EN/WYN/W/index.htm, accessed 29 October 2007


POLAND - Number of Seats Won in the Sejm

 

 

 

 

 

 

27 October 1991

19 September 1993

21 September 1997

23 September 2001

25 September 2005

21 October 2007

1

Democratic Union

62

74

-

-

-

-

2

Democratic Left: SLD

60

171

164

-

55

-

28

Democratic Left Alliance: SLD+UP

-

-

-

216

-

-

35

Left and Democrats: SLD+SDPL+PD+UP

-

-

-

-

-

53

12

Union of Labour: UP

4

41

0

-

-

-

22

Democratic Party: PD

-

-

60

0

0

-

32

Social Democracy of Poland : SDPL+UP

-

-

-

-

0

-

3

Christian National Union

49

0

-

-

-

-

9

Solidarity

27

0

-

-

-

-

24

Solidarity Electoral Action

-

-

201

0

-

-

4

Centre Alliance

44

0

-

-

-

-

6

Confederation Independent Poland

46

22

-

-

-

-

11

Christian Democracy

5

-

-

-

-

-

19

Non-Party Reform Bloc BBWR

-

16

-

-

-

-

21

Movement for the Republic

-

0

-

-

-

-

5

Polish Peasant Party

48

132

27

42

25

31

7

Liberal-Democratic Congress

37

0

-

-

-

-

8

Peasant Alliance

28

0

-

-

-

-

10

Polish Beer-Lovers' Party

16

0

-

-

-

-

13

German Minority

7

4

2

2

2

1

14

Realpolitik Union

3

0

0

-

-

-

15

Democratic Party: SD

1

-

-

-

-

-

16

Christian Democratic Party

4

-

-

-

-

-

17

Party X

3

0

-

-

-

-

18

Movement for Autonomy of Silesia

2

0

-

-

-

-

20

Self-Defence

-

0

-

53

56

0

23

Move't for Reconstruction of Poland

-

-

6

-

-

-

25

National Pensioners' Party

-

-

0

-

-

-

26

National Alliance of Pensioners

-

-

0

-

-

-

27

Bloc for Poland

-

-

0

-

-

-

29

Citizens' Platform

-

-

-

65

133

209

30

Law and Justice

-

-

-

44

155

166

31

League of Polish Families

-

-

-

38

34

0

33

Platform of Janusz Korwin-Mikke

-

-

-

-

0

-

34

Patriotic Movement

-

-

-

-

0

-

 

Others

14

0

0

0

0

0

 

Total

460

460

460

460

460

460

 

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